For those with no assurance yet conviction
Ignoring the counter
For the expected
Hearing only agreement
Without doubt
Unwavering steadfast
Now must seem annoyingly turbulent
An anomaly of confusion
Instead of the ever varied present.
You’ll never be notable if nobody notices you.
If you leave others to make the connection they may omit you.
The hollow loss of thousands
For you to feel free
And live alone
On advice and inaction
On decision to promote
Expecting every action beneficial
Cradling babies waiting numb like captive crustaceans over ice
Waiting for the warm whirlpool as promised
Instead of risking courage
to buy a 2:3 chance at happiness.
Stack to chase tastes
improvised rather than followed.
Expertise teaches in the periphery
to collaborate with the robot
instead of willingly agreeing with colleagues.
To re-home is a jarring option.
First the shock to mild discomfort
The resistance and arguments of wrong
The sadness over needless loss
Then a trade or opportunity
Or frequency to normalcy
Then outcomes once never presented
And pity smirk that anyone could have halted it different.
We each command our own authority
Alone we independently thrive
And congenally meet years apart
And recall fondly
Without time or proximity
To clash we rotate our own versions
Of each other to love without touching
The meaningful distance between.
